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Letters Patent N 74,260, dated February 11', 1868 IMPROVEMENT In esuovme'mn AND c'oLoss recurnmrsn PAPER.

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I Be it known that I, .losnmi ArVnLzIn, of Boston, in, thecounty of Suffolk; "and State of Massachusetts, havo'invented an Improved P'rocess for Removing Ink and Colors from' PrintedPape'r, and dirt from rags and other paper-stoclq and I do hereby declare that the following isa full,- :clear, andexact descriptionthereof.

My invention consists in an'improved process for extractingink and colors from printed paper, which "oper ation at'the same time reduces "it to a pulp suitable for use in the manufacture of white paper, this process :bei-ngalso applicable for cleansing rags and othenpaperstock, v

To enable others skilled in 'thc'art to understand and use iny invention, I will proceed to describe the spanner in which-I have carried it out. l r i V A saponaceous composition is first made by dissolving'twelre pounds of, potash, loran equivalent of other, fixed alkali, in s'ufli cient boiling water. To this add fourteen pounds of rondercdtallow, or an equiralent of 'other fats or oils. Boil this mixture three hours; then pour it into a suitable'r'e'ssolfand add, while cooling, twenty-five gallons of soft water, the water .to be added gradually and the masscoustantly stirred until cool, 7 in'which state it is of a brownish color, and'of the consistency of a stiff jelly., 4

p The above, proportions may be slightly varied without departing from the spirit of any invention.

The printed or colored'pa-per to be cleansed is placed in an open or closed yessel, with suflicient soft'water to cover itand allow of its-being freely worked. When the mass BfiBiitakunE minutes, and is boiling, add,

,ffQrfcYcry hundred gallons of water, five gallons of the s'aponace'ous composition above descrilmd, stirring and beating the-paper as much as possible; so as to reduce it to pulp. The ink and coloring-mutter will soon begin Ito rise in a scam at the top of the water, which should be allowed. to flow oli through a spout or faucet fixed for the purpose. As soonas the ink or coloring-matter cezises to rise the water must be drawn oil from near the bottom of the vessel, clean boiling water being at the some time allowed toenter at the top, the passage of .,the water through the pulp serving to thoroughly rinse it. Afterboiling and stirringifor a few minutes the pulp may be removed, when it will he found in a .clean and white state, suitable tobe again used in the manufacture of white paper; In all cases the pulp should be finally beaten and washed in clean water.-

[lhe above-described process may be used to advantage for removing dirt-froth rags and other paper-stock- I am aware that a patent was issued to Benjamin Lambert on the 23d day of July,1861, for an improveintent in the treatment of printed paper to remove the ink andre cover the pulp, and am familiar with. the'prm cess described in said' patent. In Lamberts process the paper is boiled in a solution-of caustic-alkdli-endthen cooled, after which the alkaline liquor isremored, a fresh supply added, and the whole again boiled. --The paper is then beaten into a pulp, after which the'liquor is withdrawn and the pulp thoroughly washcdwith water.

The several operations above described consume considerable time,while. thecn'u'stic alkali used alone, eren in a weak solution, has a prejudicial effect upon paper-pulp or stock by injuring the fibre, but by coinbipin'g'the caustic alkali with tallow, or its equivalent, so as to form a saponaceous composition accordingto my invention,

as above described, the ink or color is more readily softencd'andfreed from the paper, while agreat saving of time and labor is effected, as but'one operation is necessary, which may be performed in a very short time.

My improved sapon'aceous composition-doesnot injure the stock while it is being boiled, has no deleterious I efi'ect upon the workmen, and afterbeing used is worth itsoriginal cost as a fertilizer.

I Claim. What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is---- r l The within-described saponaceous composition for removing ink or colors from p rinted .paper, and dirt from rags, &c., without injury to the p ulp ,'so that the same can behsed repeatedly for the manufacture of white paper,

' Witnesses:

Samoan Connunn, W. J. Gmnamen.

JOSEPH A. VEAZIE. 

